Missing Maine man shows up in Abington 3 days after car crash

A man reported missing from Oxford, Maine, on Saturday night showed up nearly 170 miles away in Abington on Tuesday and said he didn’t know how he got there.

A man reported missing from Oxford, Maine, on Saturday night showed up nearly 170 miles away in Abington on Tuesday, police in Maine said.

The Oxford Hills Sun Journal reported Wednesday that Gene Stanley Burns Jr., 24, was last seen Saturday night after crashing his vehicle about a half-mile from his house in Oxford. Oxford police said he responded to a text message at 9 p.m. Tuesday and said he was in Abington and was unsure how he got there.

The Maine newspaper reported that Burns’ mother drove to Abington Tuesday night to bring him home.